When Mr Gurka asked if the Prince wanted to try netmaking, he replied: “I will leave you to it, I’d put a hole in it.”
He also visited Hastings Commons, an organisation taking derelict buildings into community ownership and transforming them into social spaces.
Earlier in the visit, he told those gathered in the sunshine that he hoped “you have all got suncream on”, and encouraged everyone to swim in the sea.
One woman introduced her baby son, saying: “This is Sebastian, he’s been waiting for you”, but when William crouched down, Sebastian burst into tears.
“I know how you feel,” the Prince joked.
Additional reporting by PA.
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